Re: Fukkenstoppin :)

[Matthew Yip <mgyip@yahoo.com>]

Don't wait 500 miles, go out and seat your pads properly.  Get the
car up to about 40 mph and, using a firm pedal, slow to car to about
5 mph and repeat 10 times.  This will heat the pads sufficiently to
cure the adhesives and other stuff in the pad material AND it will
help to burnish (heat treat) the rotors.  

I'm not familiar with ABS systems so I can't tell you if it's OK to
pull the reservoir.  However, if you pull the reservoir (after you've
emptied it with a turkey baster), you should be able to clean and
refill it without emptying the master cylinder itself.  

--- Gary Huff <scirocco86@home.com> wrote:
> Wow. That's all I can say. I smashed my left hand, and spent 8-12am
> last night doing the brakes on my 2000 Golf 1.8T, but this thing
> stops like nothing else. Cross drilled Zimmerman rotors, and Mintex
> C-tech pads. Haven't been able to really tear into it yet, but once
> I pass 500 miles the fun will begin. Still waiting on my stainless
> lines to come in though.... I think it will feel even nicer once
> those are filled with super blue, and the brakes are bled. Little
> bit of a mushy pedal now, I don't think the dealer bled them right
> last time, plus there is shit in the master cylinder. It seems like
> the evil dealer did not flush them right, and managed to get debris
> in the resevoir! I don't like this, and would like to clean it
> somehow before I pump fresh fluid through to avoid pumping debris
> with it. Should I just drain the resevoir with a turkey baster, and
> "pop" it out of the M/C? Will I have to put new seals in the M/C
> for the resevoir? The car has about 33k on it..... Just need to
> bounce some ideas of you guys. Thanks,


=====
Matthew

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